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Vote for fashion designer Julie Wheat!

Stylishly Ambitious!  That is how I describe emerging designer Julie Wheat.  A school district administrator by day while designing clothing and accessories by night, Julie is in it, to win it.

Cavortress (design and vintage collection) hit the Charleston fashion scene a couple of years ago and I have witnessed first hand how this brand has changed the style of Charleston fashionistas.  For the better!

Photo Credit: Cyle Suesz

Cavortress is an eco-friendly clothing and accessories line that uses 80%+ vintage, recycled, and/or deadstock materials. Each piece is of a limited edition but available in a variety of fabrics.

Julie describes the Cavortress brand as lively and boisterous fun. 

“The Cavortress brand is for Cavortresses.  A Cavortress can be classified as proper not prim, ladylike yet licentious, refined and renegade- fashionably suited for the punk rock-love child, rockabilly-hipster, urban debutante.”

Photo Credit: Cyle Suesz

“I can spot a girl and know instantly or not if she’s a Cavortress, even if she’s dressed up in a business suit, a uniform, or a wedding gown…it’s that twinkle in her eye and spring in her step.”

What I Love about Cavortress?

99% of pieces in the collection are priced under $100.

Up Next for Cavortress?

Cavortress has been selected as one of the 12 semi-finalists with a chance to compete at St. Louis Fashion Week’s ‘Project:Design’ competition sponsored by Brown Shoe. Cavortress is the only clothing line selected from South of the Mason Dixon Line in this year’s competition.  The 12 semi-finalists selected have been entered into an online voting competition that ends on August 17, 2010.   Those who finish in the top 6 will show their collection at St. Louis Fashion Week on September 7, 2010.  

Make sure you vote for Julie Wheat(more than once).  The link to vote is listed below.  http://www.saintlouisfashionweek.com/projectdesign/PD_F10/vote_browse.cfm?browse=DesignerLabel